Katie Quinn
Reporter/Producer, Missouri Business AlertKatie Quinn works for Missouri Business Alert. She studied radio journalism and political science at the University of Missouri- Columbia, and previously worked at KBIA. She comes from a small town outside of St. Louis called Fenton.
After interviewing and editing in the KBIA newsroom, she spends her day hiking around Columbia’s beautiful trails. Her other interests include baking cookies while watching the Great British Bake Off and playing with her dog Bojangles.
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What do you do when you don’t have a car in a city?KBIA’s Katie Quinn sat down with Sid Popejoy to talk about one program Bike to the Future that’s trying to meet the crucial need for transportation in Columbia. -
Thousands of Missourians are currently on probation and parole, and while the two terms are often used together, they affect a person’s life in completely different ways.Mary Beth Lammey, the policy and procedure coordinator at the Department of Corrections, has worked at the DOC for over 25 years. She sat down with KBIA’s Katie Quinn to talk about the differences between probation and parole and her advice for the justice-involved. -
A red flag law permits the courts to legally stop a person from possessing a firearm if they are considered dangerous.
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The Missouri House Emerging Issues committee heard a bill on Wednesday that would allow people to conceal and carry inside places of worship.
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The Wardrobe is a local Columbia thrift store where anyone can find clothes at a reasonable price. But Tuesdays are specifically for people with referrals, which allow them to get free clothing once a month. -
Jessica Chambers, a peer support specialist at the Reentry Opportunity Center in Columbia (the ROC), works with folks who are coming out of prison – helping them connect to housing, treatment, and just a sense of community. -
On a side street off of Business Loop 70 in Columbia is an unassuming office. Large dark windows make it hard to see inside. But the moment you walk in, you’re greeted by the booming voice of Julian Jackman, the executive director of People Embracing Another Choice Effectively, or P.E.A.C.E. Jackman was in prison for 17 years. Now, he helps others who have recently come out of prison.P.E.A.C.E. helps people get identification, housing or whatever else they might need to reenter society after incarceration. But even before that, they work on getting people released as well as who they’re going to live with. -
KBIA hosted an event at Douglass High School in October about opioid, overdoses and Narcan in our community. Narcan is the brand name for naloxone and is a lifesaving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose.Pastor Charles Stephenson is the Executive Director of Powerhouse Community Development, which provides a variety of services for people with substance use disorders. He spoke a little about his organization and finding hope in recovery. -
KBIA partnered with Columbia/Boone County Public Health & Human Services and the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host an event in October at Douglass High School where the community could learn about Narcan®.Here are some community resources that are available for people or families dealing with substance use disorder. -
KBIA partnered with the Boone County Health Department and the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition, to host an event in October at Douglass High School where the community could learn about Narcan.Narcan, the brand name for naloxone, is a lifesaving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose.
